Patriarch of the East Makkikha II

Patriarch of the East Makkikha II (1196-) was the Patriarch of the East from 1257, succeeding Patriarch of the East Sabrisho V.

Biography
Makkikha was born in 1196 to a family of Nestorian Christian Levantines, and in 1257 he won the elections for Patriarch of the East by slandering the future Patriarch of the East Denha I, and Makkikha was dangerous due to his friendship with the Mongol Empire. In the 1258 Sack of Baghdad, the Christians of the city were spared by the Mongols during their massacre of the Muslims, and Hulegu built a cathedral for Makkikha. Makkikha had better relations with his son Teguder Khan, as Hulegu was an Orthodox Christian, while Teguder was a fellow Nestorian who looked to Makkikha for religious instruction. Makkikha reigned from Antioch, protected by the Principality of Antioch.